Malignant pigmented clear cell epithelioid tumor of the kidney: Clear cell ('sugar') tumor versus malignant melanoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 516-519

  Ribalta, Teresa ^a,b,c   Lloreta, Josep ^a,b   Munné, Assumpció ^a,b   Serrano, Sergi ^a,b   Cardesa, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

'sugar' tumor; Angiomyolipoma; Clear cell tumors; Kidney minors; Malignant melanoma; Melanin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CANCER; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0034118876     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hp.2000.6717     Document Type: Article

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